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IFFO surveys find global fishmeal, fish oil production has increased so far in 2025

September 8, 2025 — The latest statistics gathered by IFFO – the Marine Ingredients Organization indicates global fishmeal and fish oil production through July 2025 is ahead of global production in the same period of 2024.

According to IFFO – which gathers survey data from members in Chile, Denmark, the Faroe Islands, Iceland, Côte d’Ivoire, Mauritius, Norway, the U.K., the U.S., Peru, South Africa, and Spain – global production of fishmeal through July 2025 is roughly 8 percent ahead of the same period of 2024. Fish oil production is also ahead of last year and has increased by around 5 percent.

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Sustainable Fisheries Partnership: Private sector investments will be key to global fisheries management

November 15, 2024 — Increased debt loads carried by governments around the world are resulting in the need for private sector investments to fund better management of global fish stocks, according to Jim Cannon.

Speaking at the IFFO – The Marine Ingredients Organization’s 2024 annual conference in Lisbon, Portugal, Cannon – who is the head of the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership, a Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.A.-based nonprofit that aims to ensure healthy marine ecosystems – said most countries can’t afford better management of their stocks through government funds alone.

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TASA CEO Gonzalo de Romaña wins term as IFFO president

February 2, 2022 — Gonzalo de Romaña, the CEO of Lima, Peru-based fishmeal and fish oil producer Tecnológica de Alimentos (TASA), has won election to serve as president of the IFFO Board of Directors. His term began 1 January.

IFFO – The Marine Ingredients Organization is an international trade body representing the marine ingredients industry. Its previous president was Anne Mette Baek, the executive director of Marine Ingredients Denmark, who served a two-year term.

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